2024 September 14

   No Invertebrate Alert was issued on September 13.

Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here is an eyed hawk moth caterpillar found on the sidewalk of Carey Road today.  It would not pose for a decent photograph, for it was in a hurry to bury itself in the soil in order to pupate.  The adult moth will appear next spring.

Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae)  Jeremy Tatum

2024 September 12 evening

A few more pictures from Ian Cooper’s Sept 8 / 9 photo excursion to ^ Colquitz River Park and the # Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal, near the 9 km marker.

Uncertain,  Possibly a  ^ Long-jawed Orb Weaver, Metellina sp. (Ara.: Tetragnathidae)   Ian Cooper

# Cybaeus signifer (Ara.: Cybaeidae)   Ian Cooper

Harvestman – Leptobunus parvulus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae)   Ian Cooper
Thanks to Dr Philip Bragg for verifying the identification

2024 September 12 morning

Ian Cooper writes:  Here are a few more pictures from my Sept 8 / 9 photo excursion to ^ Colquitz River Park and the # Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal, near the 9 km marker.

^ Common Pill Bug – Armadillidium vulgare  (Isopoda:  Armidillidiidae)   Ian Cooper

# Limax maximus (Pul.: Limacidae)   Ian Cooper

# Grey Field Slug – Deroceras reticulatum (Pul.: Agriolimacidae)   Ian Cooper

2024 September 11

   Ian Cooper photographed this harvestman in Colquitz River Park, September 8.  We are grateful to Dr Philip Bragg for the identification.

Nelima paessleri (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae – Leiobuninae)   Ian Cooper

Nelima paessleri (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae – Leiobuninae)   Ian Cooper

Val George writes:  This morning, September 11, there were two Brown-lined Loopers, Neoalcis californiaria, on the wall of my Oak Bay house.

Neoalcis californiaria  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Val George

Jeremy Tatum shows a caterpillar found today along Carey Road.

Fall Webworm  Hyphantria cunea  (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jeremy Tatum

2024 September 10

   Ian Cooper took the pictures below at Colquitz River Park, September 8,

Ambigolimax valentianus (Pul.: Limacidae)  Ian Cooper

Clubiona sp.  (Ara.: Clubionidae)  Ian Cooper

Epinotia lindana  (Lep.: Tortricidae)  Ian Cooper

Marie O’Shaughnessy sends some dragonfly/damselfly photographs from Parksville, September 7.

 Striped Meadowhawks  Sympetrum pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

  Striped Meadowhawk  Sympetrum pallipes with prey (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Striped Meadowhawk  Sympetrum pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Spotted Spreadwing Lestes congener (Odo.: Lestidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Pacific Forktails  Ischnura cervula  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy